Aug. 15, 2009 in City, News
The storyline of the near-ban on phosphorus in dish detergent in Spokane County has focused on scofflaws sneaking Cascade across the state line in a dogged attempt to keep their …

Aug. 15, 2009 in City, News
It was just warm enough Saturday afternoon for kids to cool off in the giant fountain at Riverfront Park. The day-long Unity in the Community celebration, however, closed out with …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Idaho, News
The body of Post Falls resident Robert J. Meadows was recovered from Lake Coeur d’Alene near Arrow Point at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. Meadows, 49, had been missing since July …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1
BELGRADE, Mont. – President Barack Obama on Friday promised a new era of protections against insurance companies that drop customers when medical crises hit and said people who already have …
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Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1
KHAWJA JAMAL, Afghanistan – Put on body armor, check weapons, cover head and shoulders with a scarf. That was the drill for female American Marines who set out on patrol …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1
LONDON – Castigating their public health care system may be a national pastime for the British, but it’s not one they care to share with Americans. In fact, Britain’s oft-maligned …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2
CANBERRA, Australia – Christian Rossiter has proven his legal right to die and declared himself a champion of other quadriplegics who no longer find life worth living. An Australian state …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2
NEW YORK – Bernard Madoff’s decades-long fraud might not have been his only secret. A new book says he had a two-decade affair with one of his investors. The memoir, …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3
SEATTLE – Restoration and conservation are the goals that will guide management of the U.S. forest system under the Obama administration, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday. In his first …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3
Sen. James Webb arrived in Myanmar on Friday for talks with the country’s military ruler, starting a 2 1/2-day diplomatic mission that is likely to prove a test of U.S. …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3
FORT WORTH, Texas – Three decades after basking in the national spotlight as “Squeaky,” the infamous Charles Manson disciple who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford, the now-60-year-old woman slipped …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3
LOS ANGELES – A former Los Angeles priest convicted of molesting boys has been called before a federal grand jury investigating how the Los Angeles Archdiocese and Cardinal Roger Mahony …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3
Davenport, Calif. – California’s acting governor Friday declared a state of emergency in Santa Cruz County, site of one of two large coastal fires burning out of control and forcing …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4
ROME – You had to be quick, but what a deal. A four-star hotel near Venice mistakenly offered the ultimate low-cost vacation – a romantic weekend in the Italian lagoon …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4
KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai has a wide lead over his opponents in next week’s election, but may not be able to muster enough support to avoid a runoff, …

Aug. 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4
MOSCOW – A Russian-manned cargo ship that vanished last month in the Atlantic was found Friday near Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa, according to French and Russian …

Aug. 15, 2009 in City on Page A5
Compared to the previous year, twice as many schools in Spokane Public Schools failed to meet federal standards under the No Child Left Behind Act in 2008-’09, officials announced Friday. …

Aug. 15, 2009 in City on Page A5
Math scores among Spokane County’s largest public school districts fell slightly on the WASL since last year, according to results released Friday. “The math was not required for graduation, so …
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Aug. 15, 2009 in City on Page A5
Friday was Yevgeniy Sirokhin’s first day on a Spokane bus, but the STA hopes he becomes a regular rider. The 82-year-old Ukrainian immigrant and World War II veteran joined nearly …